Are you a fan of a long-extinct comic or illustrator, looking to produce
new editions of that work? A graphic arts professional looking to wring
every bit of detail out of a pile of originals? A publisher tearing
your hair out over dealing with photographic negatives, or problems with
your printer? A pen and ink enthusiast sitting on your first
masterpiece, but unsure how to best bring it to print? A Cerebus fan
wondering how we've been producing the newly restored books? Then this series might be for you!

Sean Michael Robinson is a writer, artist, and musician. See more at LivingTheLine.com.

REVIEWS:

"...invaluable tech information like this can be peddled elsewhere for a
big paycheque. I appreciate Sean aligning himself with the idea that
it's more important to give cartoonists, in general, assistance rather
than keeping the knowledge only accessible to the "deep-pocketed".
Hopefully he CAN make a book out of it at some point and get a big
payday that way."Dave Sim

"Restoring linework is hard! I went through it for ZOT & that was only a small fraction of what SMR is tackling."Scott McCloud

"This needs to be a book. These posts are invaluable."

Jimmy Gownley

"I second the "invaluable"! New comic day and new Sean-post day. Love Wednesdays"

Carson Grubaugh

"I cannot tell you (Sean) how goddamned USEFUL this all is - and your
timing is perfect, since I'm in the middle of a large pen & ink
project that I was fretting about reproducing properly. Normally, I'm
not such a stickler, but since this one's going on the cover of a vinyl
LP, I really want the final to get all the detail and clarity you're
delivering here."Dave Kopperman

"This stuff is gold. A collection of these articles and Dave's own Self-Publishing Guide -- plus something about WWW publishing -- and you've got a complete manual for the aspiring cartoonist."